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It’s 2 A.M. on a Saturday night in the spring of 2001, and twenty-eight-year-old Cecily Gardner sits alone in a dive bar in New York’s East Village, questioning her life. Feeling lonesome and homesick for the Midwest, she wonders if she’ll ever make it as a reporter in the big city—and whether she made a terrible mistake in breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Matthew.
As Cecily reaches for the phone to call him, she hears a guy on the barstool next to her say, “Don’t do it—you’ll regret it.” Something tells her to listen, and over the next several hours—and shots of tequila—the two forge an unlikely connection. That should be it, they both decide the next morning, as Cecily reminds herself of the perils of a rebound relationship. Moreover, their timing couldn’t be worse—Grant is preparing to quit his job and move overseas. Yet despite all their obstacles, they can’t seem to say goodbye, and for the first time in her carefully constructed life, Cecily follows her heart instead of her head.
Then Grant disappears in the chaos of 9/11. Fearing the worst, Cecily spots his face on a missing-person poster, and realizes she is not the only one searching for him. Her investigative reporting instincts kick into action as she vows to discover the truth. But the questions pile up fast: How well did she really know Grant? Did he ever really love her? And is it possible to love a man who wasn’t who he seemed to be?
The Lies That Bind is a mesmerizing and emotionally resonant exploration of the never-ending search for love and truth—in our relationships, our careers, and deep within our own hearts.
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- ISBN: 9780399178962
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- ISBN: 9780399178962
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May 1, 2020
At the start of Giffin's latest, following All We Ever Wanted (2018), Cecily Gardner is out late one night in May of 2001, trying to recover from heartbreak. She wanders into a dive bar in Manhattan, and nearly calls her ex-boyfriend, until she's interrupted by a handsome stranger. Cecily is immediately taken with Grant, and the two chastely spend the night together. Over the course of the next few months, Cecily gets to know Grant, who is focused on caring for his brother, Byron, who is afflicted with ALS. Cecily and Grant's feelings for each other deepen, and then the unthinkable happens on 9/11, and Cecily can't reach Grant, who works in one of the World Trade Center towers. Cecily is left reeling, and then two more things further shake her world: her ex comes back into her life, and she discovers a missing-person poster with Grant's picture on it. As she learns who is searching for him, Cecily discovers how little she knows about Grant. Giffin keeps the twists and turns coming fast and furious in her absorbing new outing.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.) -
June 22, 2020
Giffin’s suspenseful but sometimes unconvincing latest (after All We Ever Wanted) opens in May 2001, a week after 28-year-old reporter Cecily Gardner breaks up with her commitment-averse boyfriend. Lonely and sleepless, she makes a late-night visit to a bar, where she feels a sudden connection with an attractive stranger. They spend the night in Cecily’s apartment, agreeing not even to kiss. The stranger, Grant Smith, tells Cecily that he’s a Wall Street trader whose twin brother is dying of ALS, and she trusts him enough not to ask further questions about his life. Soon deeply in love, they spend nights and a weekend together, still holding off on sex, before Grant leaves for London, where his brother is enrolled in a clinical trial. Cecily sees Grant on September 10, the night he returns, but can’t reach him after the towers fall. When she sees his face on a “missing” poster and calls the number listed there, her certainty about him and their bond is thrown into doubt. Though the bizarre decisions made by Cecily and Grant stretch plausibility, and the use of 9/11 reads as a plot contrivance, Giffin holds the reader’s interest with solid pacing and fine style. Compared to Giffin’s past work, this disappoints.
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